Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of the population collected in the burn intensive care unit (BICU)
Groups | Excluded patients | Included patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dead patients | Patients younger than 16 years | Patients older than 65 years | Admission patients without 7 days postinjury | Patients with less than 20 days BICU stay | ||
Number of patients | 37 | 34 | 29 | 19 | 59 | |
Total number of patients | 178 | 108 | ||||
Male (%) | 89.2% | 44.1% | 55.2% | 70.0% | 67.8% | 79.6% |
Female (%) | 10.8% | 55.9% | 45.8% | 30.0% | 32.2% | 20.4% |
Age at injury, (mean ± SD, years) | 36.9 ± 16.5 | 6.1 ± 4.6 | 71.2 ± 3.6 | 25.3 ± 8.5 | 43.3 ± 12.8 | 37.3 ± 14.1 |
High school or above (%) | 92.6% | 16.1% | 17.2% | 62.1% | 74.1% | 88.9% |
Length of stay, (median [Q1-Q3], days) | 16.0 [6.0–25.0] | 37.0 [16.0–61.0] | 4.0 [1.5–6.5] | 42.0 [15.0–73.0] | 9.5 [5.5–15.0] | 83.5 [52.0–133.3] |
Length of BICU stay, (mean ± SD, days) or (median [Q1-Q3], days) | 16.0 [6.0–25.0] | 15.0 [4.0–27.0] | 4.0 [1.5–6.5] | 14.5 ± 6.6 | 9.8 ± 5.5 | 46.2 ± 28.8 |
TBSA burned, (mean ± SD, %) | 86.3 ± 10.6 | 70.0 ± 14.5 | 62.1 ± 10.3 | 56.9 ± 6.9 | 78.9 ± 15.7 | 67.4 ± 12.2 |
Deep thickness burned, (mean ± SD, %) | 26.6 ± 23.7 | 31.0 ± 13.4 | 23.0 ± 18.1 | 14.2 ± 8.8 | 32.6 ± 19.9 | 36.4 ± 20.1 |
Full-thickness burned, (mean ± SD, %) | 57.6 ± 23.7 | 40.0 ± 25.5 | 39.3 ± 23.3 | 12.0 ± 8.3 | 44.3 ± 25.8 | 34.1 ± 22.3 |
Etiology (%) | ||||||
Scald | 8.1% | 45.2% | 0 | 20.0% | 15.2% | 15.3% |
Fire/flame | 48.6% | 54.8% | 89.7% | 40.0% | 54.2% | 70.3% |
Chemical agent | 21.2% | 0 | 0 | 20.0% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
Blast/explosion | 21.2% | 0 | 10.3% | 0 | 15.3% | 6.3% |
Electricity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1% | 1.8% |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 3.4% | 2.7% |
Inhalation injury (%) | 63.6% | 32.3% | 37.8% | 10.0% | 30.6% | 47.7% |
Mild | 12.1% | 8.8% | 17.2% | 10.0% | 5.1% | 20.7% |
Moderate | 27.3% | 17.6% | 10.3% | 0 | 15.3% | 17.1% |
Severe | 24.2% | 5.9% | 10.3% | 0 | 10.2% | 9.9% |
Ventilator-dependent patients (%) | 40.5% | 8.8% | 13.8% | 0 | 20.3% | 37.8% |
Ventilator-dependent days, (median [Q1-Q3], days) | 12.0 [5.0–22.0] | 5.0 [2.0–10.0] | 3.0 [1.0–5.0] | 0 | 6.0 [3.0–11.0] | 5.0 [3.0–10.0] |
Strict bed rest time, (mean ± SD, days) | 17.5 ± 13.8 | 17.9 ± 7.0 | 6.8 ± 2.9 | 4.5. ± 2.6 | 9.3 ± 5.3 | 34.6 ± 27.9 |
BICU rehabilitation (days) | 7.8 ± 4.2 | 14.7 ± 4.9 | 2.3 ± 1.2 | 13.3 ± 6.2 | 5.7 ± 2.3 | 29.7 ± 6.3 |